International Journal of Geophysics最新文献

{"title":"Potential Locations of Strong Earthquakes in Bulgaria and the Neighbouring Regions","authors":"A. Gorshkov, Olga V. Novikova, Sonya Y. Dimitrova, L. Dimova, R. Raykova","doi":"10.1155/2024/8103337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8103337","url":null,"abstract":"Information about potential earthquake sources is a key issue for seismic hazard assessment. This study presents the application of a phenomenological approach based on pattern recognition to determine the possible locations of strong earthquakes in the Bulgarian region. The technique assumes the origin of strong earthquakes in morphostructural nodes formed around the intersections of morphostructural lineaments identified by morphostructural zoning. For the territory of the Bulgaria and neighbouring regions, 178 nodes were defined in this work. The CORA-3 pattern recognition algorithm identified 59 seismogenic nodes analysing a set of geophysical and geological node’s characteristics. The identified seismogenic nodes are capable to generate earthquakes with magnitude equal to or greater than 6 and are located at the boundaries between the largest tectonic domains: Rila, Pirin, and Rhodope orogens; the Serbian-Macedonian massif; and in the Stara Planina belt. The set of characteristic features of seismogenic nodes indicates that the vicinity of potential nodes is characterized by a high contrast of neotectonic movements of the Earth’s crust and the presence of deep heterogeneities in the Earth’s crust. About 40% of the recognized nodes are not associated with any earthquakes, while the rest of the recognized seismogenic nodes are characterized by an area with a radius of 25 km where earthquakes are known to occur. Part of these “non active” seismogenic nodes are close to the historical events with magnitudes higher than 5.5 since the magnitude and location of historical events have large uncertainties. Another part of the seismogenic nodes may slightly change the location due to the uncertainties in morphostructural zonation. Other nodes may indicate unknown historical seismicity or paleoearthquakes. Defined M6+ seismogenic nodes can fill the potential gaps in the recorded seismicity on the territory of Bulgaria, thus to improve the seismic hazard assessment of the studied region.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139596933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preliminary Study of Subsurface Geological Setting Based on the Gravity Anomalies in Karangrejo-Tinatar Geothermal Area, Pacitan Regency, Indonesia","authors":"Mayang Bunga Puspita, Arga Nanda Aprilla, S. Maryanto, R. P. H. Sari","doi":"10.1155/2024/9976867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9976867","url":null,"abstract":"As per the Geothermal Potential Book published by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) in 2017, Pacitan Regency in East Java Province, Indonesia, has the potential for geothermal energy. Two hot spring manifestations, namely, Karangrejo and Tinatar, located in the Arjosari and Punung districts of Pacitan Regency, respectively, have a combined resource of 25 MWe. We acquired ground-gravity data and evaluated gravity anomalies to explore the underlying geological structure in order to understand the geothermal system behind these manifestations. The results of the study show that the gravitational anomaly in the Karangrejo-Tinatar region ranges from 163 to 176 mGal. Additional analysis of the complete Bouguer anomaly (CBA) map, first horizontal derivative (FHD) map, and field observations points to the existence of three NW-SE trending faults. Two of the faults, which are the Karangrejo fault and the Tinatar fault, may be the flow paths for the manifestation of Karangrejo and Tinatar hot springs.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139607370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mt. Etna Tilt Signals Associated with February 6, 2023, <math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mi>M</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>7.8</mn></math> and <math xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mi>M</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>7.5</mn></math> Turkey Earthquakes","authors":"Laura Privitera, Ferruccio Ferrari, A. Ferro, Salvatore Gambino","doi":"10.1155/2023/9030495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/9030495","url":null,"abstract":"On February 6, 2023, at 01 : 17 UTC, a M=7.8 earthquake struck the southern area of Turkey near Gaziantep town and was followed by a second earthquake of M=7.5 at 10 : 24 UTC with the epicenter in Elbistan city. Both events were associated with the Anatolian Fault System and have claimed over 50,000 victims, as reported by the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, and caused serious damage in the regions of southern Turkey and northern Syria. Seismic waves related to strong Turkey earthquakes have been recorded both by seismic stations throughout the globe and on other devices such as the ground deformation (GNSS, strainmeters, or tiltmeters) networks. In this paper, we show and analyze the earthquake signals recorded by bore-hole tilt stations that monitor seismic and volcanic activities at Mt. Etna. Tilt stations showed very large variations, despite their distance from the epicenter (approximately 1950 km) with a period between 10 and 25 seconds. We compared tilt and seismic data for a co–located station evidencing a very similar waveform that highlight how tiltmeters respond to translational acceleration rather than ground tilt during a teleseism, suggesting that, for waves with this period, they may behave as horizontal seismometers. By using these signals, we evidence the different behaviors of two of the most used models of tiltmeters on volcanoes (Lily and Pinnacle) and how they are useful for instrument calibration.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139144040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Climate Change Impact on the Trigger of Natural Disasters over South-Eastern Himalayas Foothill Region of Myanmar: Extreme Rainfall Analysis","authors":"Kyaw Than Oo, Haishan Chen, Kazora Jonah","doi":"10.1155/2023/2186857","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2186857","url":null,"abstract":"The study examines the characteristics and variability of monsoon rainfall in Myanmar, focusing on the relationship between heavy rainfall, floods, and earthquakes, which impact agriculture, hydrology, and the environment. Generally, heavy rainfall can cause flooding, economic losses, and water table changes. Northern Myanmar floods occur mainly during the monsoon season from June to October and can be classified into widespread floods along major rivers like Ayeyarwady, Thanlwin, Chindwin, and Sittoung and flash floods in small streams and rivers. Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, including heavy rainfall, which can trigger floods or landslides, which also can in turn cause earthquakes. Heavy rainfall over northern Myanmar and the Sagaing faults, which are the main triggers of earthquakes, has been the subject of several studies. The study uses the Copernicus 5 database of global climate model (GCM) simulations with two scenario analyses on climate change detection and indices (ETCCDI) to study changes in climatic extremes. Results show high intensity in the northern region and monsoon core regions, while the central region shows less intensity. The study also uses intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves to analyze the relationship between rainfall duration, intensity, and return time in major risk zones. The study finds that as short duration lengthens, rainfall intensity increases for future rainfall patterns. This information is expected to be convenient for local authorities and flood protection projects in rural and urban basins.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138944457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of Building Seismic Capacity Based on Improved Naive Bayesian Algorithm","authors":"Yalong Li, Wei Wang, Bin Tan, Hongxia Wang","doi":"10.1155/2023/8532542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8532542","url":null,"abstract":"The influencing factors of building seismic capacity are analyzed, the basic cause events of the assessment target based on fault tree analysis (FTA) are determined, the basic cause events in the FTA model are classified and summarized, and a judgment system of building seismic capacity is built. The weight of each index factor in the Gini index calculation system is used, and the importance of the index is analyzed. On the basis of the Spearman correlation coefficient calculation of the index, the improved naive Bayesian algorithm is combined with the importance of the index to build a judgment model for the seismic capacity of housing buildings. The sample set is constructed based on the judgment system with the basic data of some housing buildings in Huoshan County. In order to improve the generalization ability and avoid overfitting, the K-SMOTE algorithm for mixed sampling was modified to improve sample balance, and random k -fold cross validation method was used for sample division and model optimization, achieving the determination of seismic capacity level of building. The research results indicate the following: (1) the accuracy of model evaluation is 93%, with model accuracy and recall rates of 0.913 and 0.93, respectively, indicating strong generalization ability of the model. (2) Selecting some actual examples of a building, the model judgment results are consistent with the actual results, verifying the correctness of the proposed method for building the model, which can be effectively used for determining the seismic capacity of building structures. (3) Applying the proposed method to the seismic capacity assessment of buildings in the Ta-pieh Mountains of Lu’an, it is concluded that the seismic capacity of urban buildings is common, while that of rural buildings is poor.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139214910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New Analysis of the Seasonal Variation of the Critical Frequencies foF2 by a Proposed Formula of the Power of Solar Radiation","authors":"Segda Abdoul-kader, Gnabahou Doua Allain, Gyebre Aristide","doi":"10.1155/2023/4405266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4405266","url":null,"abstract":"The present article is a new analysis of the seasonal variation of the critical frequencies foF2 by establishing a formula as a tool. Thus, from the formula of the power of solar radiation proposed, by its two components, one the power linked to the angles of attack of the solar rays and the other the power imparted to the Earth-Sun distance, we will understand the asymmetries foF2 peaks at the equinoxes and the various winter and semiannual anomalies. By the power component imparted to the contribution of sunspots, we will understand the reversal of the maximum peak during the growth and waning phase of the solar cycle. Finally, by the power component linked to the transport mechanism and the reinforcement by the solar wind of the ionization, we will understand the why of the noninversion of the maximum of the peaks.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139259179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hydrological Evaluation of the Groundwater Potential in the Fractured Karoo Aquifer Using Magnetic and Electrical Resistivity Methods: Case Study of the Balfour Formation, Alice, South Africa","authors":"Gbenga Olamide Adesola, O. Gwavava, Kuiwu Liu","doi":"10.1155/2023/1891759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/1891759","url":null,"abstract":"The study is aimed at evaluating the groundwater accumulations present in Alice using magnetic and electrical resistivity measurements to examine the trends of structural elements and characterize the groundwater resource for borehole drilling. The magnetic maps show a low magnetic linear structure moving northwest to southeast direction, which may be caused by fractures. The linear high intensities were probably caused by dolerite dykes, while dolerite sills caused broader high-intensity areas. The depth slices show that the near-surface magnetic structures are visible to a depth of about 19 m, and the deep-seated structures are found at a depth of about 31 m, possibly deeper. Twenty-five vertical electrical soundings (VES) of the Schlumberger array were measured with AB/2 varying between 1.5 m and 250 m across the study area. The VES interpretation showed four geoelectric layers composed of HK and HA curve types. The geoelectric layer’s thicknesses are (1) topsoil from 0.4 to 1.8 m, (2) weathered layer from 0.8 to 17.5 m, and (3) weathered/fractured layer from 9.9 to 143.9 m; the third layer could be the productive water-bearing zones, and (4) bedrock layer has an infinite thickness. The layers have resistivity values of 20-5752 Ωm, 3-51 Ωm, 136-352 Ωm, and 44-60428 Ωm, respectively. A correlation of the VES with the borehole log indicated a well-matched result. The magnetic and electrical resistivity surveys provided a detailed subsurface structure and helped identify possible fractures that could act as a passage for groundwater.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64790962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"GPR and Magnetic Techniques to Locate Ancient Mining Galleries (Linares, Southeast Spain)","authors":"R. Mendoza, Bruna Marinho, Javier Rey","doi":"10.1155/2023/6633599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6633599","url":null,"abstract":"Old mining districts have created numerous subsurface cavities, often at shallow depths. The resulting subsidence risk is a major territorial planning problem, especially when these holes are in urban expansion areas. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic techniques can help to detect and to characterise these shallow mining structures based on the strong contrast of electromagnetic and magnetic properties (dielectric constant and magnetic susceptibility) between the rock and the backfill of cavities. In the present study, these techniques were used to locate old mining cavities near the city of Linares, located south of Spain and connected to the area’s old mining district. GPR and magnetometry (total magnetic field and vertical magnetic gradient) were performed on a grid in one of the most important veins in the sector. By comparing both working methods, the vein structure within the granite can be detected. On the one hand, the magnetic prospecting technique (magnetic anomalies) has allowed us to detect when the vein is covered by metallic elements of natural or anthropogenic origin. On the other hand, strong reflections and hyperbolic events associated in GPR profiles confirm the presence of cavities related to old mining operations. Shallow magnetic anomalies not associated to GPR variations are related to the slag present in the study area (detected in the outcrop) or to unexploited vein mineralizations.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41823618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Spatial Relations between Geological Structures and Precious and Base Metal Deposits from Magnetic Investigation of the Pangar-Djérem Zone, Cameroon","authors":"Constantin Mathieu Som Mbang, Marcelin Pemi Mouzong, Li Zhen Cheng, Jocelyne Laure Megne Tafone, Charles Antoine Basseka, Joseph Kamguia, Jacques Etamè","doi":"10.1155/2023/4872249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/4872249","url":null,"abstract":"The version three of Earth Magnetic Anomaly Grid (EMAG2-v3) used in this work is aimed at establishing the spatial relationships between tectonic structures and gold and associated mineralization in the Pangar-Djérem area, central and southern Cameroon. Various processing and transformation of image data such as the reduction to the equator, horizontal gradient, generalized derivative, and pseudogravity allowed the identification and delineation of numerous faults related to Syn-D1, Syn-D2, and Syn-D3 deformations. The main orientations, W-E, SW-NE, and SE-NW, obtained from these faults define the intensity of the Pan-African and Eburnian tectonics in the Cameroonian basement. Correlations between mapped faults and mineral occurrences define a structural control of gold mineralization in the study area. Furthermore, the spatial relationships between these faults and the igneous/metasedimentary rocks demonstrate that the Eburnian and Pan-African orogenies favoured the circulation of gold-enriched fluids along faults and shear zones. Gold mineralization in the Pangar-Djérem zone is of the vein type (primary gold), resulting from the intrusion of type I granites and the circulation of enriched fluids in a brittle to ductile shear context. The pseudogravity anomalies associated with the sedimentary deposits/rocks and the SW-NE structures of the Sanaga and Bétaré-Oya Faults define an environment of detrital sedimentary deposits, consisting of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks, and justify the existence of gold-bearing quartz veins.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135831764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Review of Earthquake Source Parameters in the Main Ethiopian Rift","authors":"S. Alemayehu, Jima Asefa","doi":"10.1155/2023/8368175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8368175","url":null,"abstract":"We assessed earthquake source parameters compiled from previous studies and international databases. In addition, moment tensor inversion is made from the broadband seismic data of two earthquakes that occurred in the region in 2017 and 2018 with magnitudes Mw 5.0 and 5.1, respectively. As a result, the two events’ reliable source parameters are retrieved. We found that earthquakes are distributed in the rift floor, at margins and adjacent plateaus. Because the majority of earthquakes occur on the rift floor, deformation is most likely caused by strain accumulation transferred from border faults to magmatic segments along the rift floor. Predominantly normal faulting is observed, but some strike-slip events are also observed. Normal faulting mechanisms are consistent with major plate divergence, whereas the strike-slip components observed in the region might be associated with the counterclockwise rotation of the Danakil microplate, and the mechanism would indicate an oblique-slip deformation between the Nubian plate and the Danakil microplate. However, the focal mechanism obtained from the moment tensor inversion for the Mw 5.1 event indicates dominant normal faulting accompanied by a minor strike-slip component at the western margin of Afar, whereas the Mw 5.0 event has a significant strike-slip component at the central part of MER. The majority of focal depths of earthquakes are found within the upper crust, including the 2017 (Mw 5.0) event with a focal depth of 9.7 km that was computed using moment tensor inversion. A significant number of earthquakes are also found within the lower crust, including the 2018 (Mw 5.1) event with a focal depth of 20.2 km. However, earthquakes with focal depths within the upper mantle are also found in the compiled international database, which may not be consistent with the previously published works in the region. The observed focal depth may suggest a widespread deformation throughout the upper and lower crusts, implying that magmatic intrusions and faulting play a central role in facilitating the seismicity of the main Ethiopian rift (MER). The current investigation will provide further information on the earthquake source parameters and seismogenic depth of earthquake occurrence in the MER.","PeriodicalId":45602,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Geophysics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44786742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}